Tehri dam displaced thank Maharaj for redressal

A delegation of the Tehri dam displaced people met Irrigation minister Satpal Maharaj and thanked him for proactively pursuing their issues with the Central government following which it had been decided that issues related to rehabilitation of 415 remaining dam displaced families will be resolved within two months.

Maharaj said that recently in a meeting he had with the Union minister of State for Power, Rajkumar Singh in the presence of other public representatives, it had been decided that the issues in question will be resolved in two months. The Power secretary, Government of India and Uttarakhand Irrigation secretary will jointly address the issue of land valuation.